Barn and house A barn on Coronation Road and a house in the Bradley Farm subdivision were struck by tightning during the violent storm which · passed over Whitby Friday afternoon. At 3:13 p.m. lightning struck a horse barn owned by John Lane on Coronation Road south of the 7th con- cession. Fire Department officials say the barn was totally destroyed andestimate the loss at about $15,000. Three horses and a dog were rescued, but Mr. Lane lost 18 chickens and a consid- are hit by erable amount of equipment stored in the barti. At 3:39 p.m. the chimney of a house at 531 Bradley Drive was struck by lightning, and a fire broke out in the back bedrooms causing $7,500 damage. The jolt was ee ltghtning in viole so powerful that it knocked was done at 9 Cardiff Court nails out of the walls said a when lightning struck an fire department spokesman. electrical panel. The owner of the home, Other incidents during the Rivi Chopra, was out of the storm included a bolt of country at the time of the lightning which shorted the fire and the house was fire alarms at Lake Ontario unoccupied. Steel, a tree behind At 5:45 p.m. $150 danage Anderson Collegiate struck nt storm by lightning, and a hydro pole on Brock Street North damaged by lightning. The fire department reported that all its trucks were out during the storm, with calls coming in between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Park meetmg tonigh' With a public meeting planned for tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the -seniors activity centre to discuss the Rotary Club's plans to develop Centennial Park, a controversy is developing over the role of Burns Street in these plans. The town council recently endorsed preliminary plans for the park, which would be divided into two sections by the extension of Burns Street from Brock to Byron as a major traffic artery. Joe Southwell, President of the Rotary Club until the end of June, says the club endorses a landscape architect's plan which includes the Burns Street extension, although he is not personally in favor of the extension. However, Planning Director Kevin Tunney has opposed the easterly extension of Burns Street through the park, and says it will require an official plan amendment and a public hearing. He favors use of an unopened road allowance called Miller Street. Bill Irwin, chairman of the Rotary Club's park develop- ment committee, supports Mr. Tunney, stating that the Burns Street extension would conflict with the use of the park, and does not conform with the official plan. Dick Kuwahara, the town's public works director, con- tends that the Burns Street extension is a much-needed east-west arterial road to link the eastern and western portions of the town. The only major east-west link is Dundas Street, he says, and Dunlop Street is presently being widened to provide a minor arterial route from the West Lynde subdivision to Brock Street. WHITBY - WTW loeTwN CAVAL Durham Y fights against Metro's encroachment into Ajax and Pickering Durhani Region Chairman Walter Beath and theexecutive comrnittee of the Town of Pickering have supported the activities of the Dirhami Region YMCA in Ajax and Pickering, and echoed the Durliam Y's concern about encroachient from the Toronto Y. Steven Elliott, president of the Durham Region Y, which is based in Whitby, wrote letters to Mr. Beath and the Pickering Council expressing concern about the newly- formed Ajax-Pickering YMCA at the Sheridan Mallencroach- ing on territory where the Durhan Y has been operating programs. The Ajax-Pickering Y is an extension of the Scarborough branch of the Association, he said. "This attempt to make inroads into what we consider to be our constituency of service has resulted in a great deal of confusion to residents of Ajax and Pickering", said Mr. Elliott. -le pointed out that regions were established by the province to contain the power structure of Toronto. Mr. Beath responded to Mr. Elliott's eencerns by sending a letter of endorse- ment of the Durhan Y's activities to the National Council of YMCAs of Canada. A lively debate developed at Pickering executive com- mittee last week over the issue, but the committee came out in favor of the Durham Y when it was informed by Clerk-Administrator Noel Marshall that the Ajax- Pickering United Way supports the Durham Y and not any YMCA from Metro Toronto. The executive committee A TIP TOP TOWN TY1077 has recommended to council that a letter be directed to the Durham Y endorsing its activities within the region and expressîng concern over the infringement of the Metro Y in the Ajax- Pickering area. Tom Quinn, Pickering's director of recreation strongly opposes the actions of the Ajax-Pickering Y. "This department can't understand why the Metro Y tried to control areas outside its jurisdiction", he said, and echoed Mr. Elliott's concern about duplication.of programs. Some executive comrnittee. inembers felt that the municipality should not take a stand supporting either organization. Councillor Don Kitchen said the problem should be resolved by the two organiza- tions, and Councillor Alex Robertson agreed, stating that when the town needed a YMCA many years ago neither group spoke up. "As a member for many years this is the first time I have heard that the YMCA has boundaries", he said. "It's like saying Christ must stay in Toronto because another Savior is in Whitby". Bev Koven, regional director of the Ajax-Pickering Y, has called the problem an internal affair which only the YMCA can handle. She says the Ajax-Pickering branch is not an extension of the Scarborough branch of the Y, but is a member of the Central Ontario Lakeshore YMCA,- which also includes memberships from branches in Toronto, Oakville and Richmond Hill. JuIy 20 to TOUE CARNIVAL QUEEN, 1977 Linda Foskett, 17, of 116 Green Street, is the 1977 County Town Crrnival Queen, selected from among 23 girls at Iroquois Park Arena Sunday night. By coincidence, her sister Debbie was Carnival Queen in 1974. The princesses, also selected by a panel of judges Sunday, are Liane Gross, 16, of 20 Chopin Court, and Cindy Sullivan, 16, of 835 Dundas Street East. The carnival queen and princesses will be riding in the carnival parade July 30. Free Press Photo by Mike Burgess TWELFTHi ,NNAL e a il c&UiTY £ *EEAugi 1 ') 1 E P RESSI